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At the Café

1874
(French, 1832–1883)
France, 19th century
gillotage
Image: 26.3 x 33.4 cm (10 3/8 x 13 1/8 in.); Sheet: 26.9 x 36 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in honor of its 100th anniversary 2019.57
Location: not on view
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This image appeared in the Belgian journal L’Europe, which was censored by Parisian police. This impression is the only one known to have been saved before the journal was destroyed.

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This print by Édouard Manet depicts the Café Guerbois, a gathering place for Impressionist artists in 19th-century Paris. Although best known for his paintings, the artist was an avid printmaker throughout his entire career. Here, he experimented with gillotage—a new technique at the time—to suggest the quick, sketchy lines of drawing, making the image appear as if it had been created quickly and spontaneously.
Print in black ink with thick, lines sketching a scene in a café with people sitting at a table in the lower left corner, a figure standing between billiards-like tables behind. On the right, a person in a suit looks at those seated at the table, hands on hips, with another person facing away from us behind them on our right, and another approaching the table of people behind them on our left.

At the Café

1874

Edouard Manet

(French, 1832–1883)
France, 19th century

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